“…This already happens for ASME IX 77 , when considering the chemical composition, welding position, etc. In this case, the Charpy-V notch can be positioned as close as possible to the fusion line as suggested by the API-6A 45 , in complement to the positions required [44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52] , to increase the chance to contemplate the critical region of the HAZ, as reported in the literature 7,14,16,[18][19][20][21] and confirmed by this work.…”